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    perf buildid: add perfconfig option to specify buildid cache dir · 45de34bb
    Stephane Eranian authored
    This patch adds the ability to specify an alternate directory to store the
    buildid cache (buildids, copy of binaries). By default, it is hardcoded to
    $HOME/.debug. This directory contains immutable data. The layout of the
    directory is such that no conflicts in filenames are possible. A modification
    in a file, yields a different buildid and thus a different location in the
    subdir hierarchy.
    
    You may want to put the buildid cache elsewhere because of disk space
    limitation or simply to share the cache between users. It is also useful for
    remote collect vs. local analysis of profiles.
    
    This patch adds a new config option to the perfconfig file.  Under the tag
    'buildid', there is a dir option. For instance, if you have:
    
    $ cat /etc/perfconfig
    [buildid]
    dir = /var/cache/perf-buildid
    
    All buildids and binaries are be saved in the directory specified. The perf
    record, buildid-list, buildid-cache, report, annotate, and archive commands
    will it to pull information out.
    
    The option can be set in the system-wide perfconfig file or in the
    $HOME/.perfconfig file.
    
    Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
    Cc: Frédéric Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
    Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
    Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
    Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
    Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
    Cc: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@gmail.com>
    LKML-Reference: <4c055fb7.df0ce30a.5f0d.ffffae52@mx.google.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarStephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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